Yesterday Annika wore another new pretty dress. She was just adorable in her dress and I've uploaded a bunch of pictures of her in it. They're in a new album called Annika #10. Go ahead and look but make sure you come back! Annika also turned 20 months old yesterday. Pretty soon we'll be out of the month age convention and I'll just call her "2" or "3". Yeah, I'm not really excited about that. I want her to stay little forever.

This weekend Kris did a bunch of work on the outside of our house. He hung our new shutters, painted the front door and painted the trim work around the garge door and front door. Our house looks very nice now and finally finished. Those patches of bare wood showing through were starting to drive me crazy. And the new navy blue shutters finally tie our shingles into the rest of our house. It looks so nice now! I should take a picture!

Yesterday Auntie Krystle came over so we could have a long scrapbooking day. She came over just as we were finishing lunch. After lunch Kris took Annika upstairs for a nap and Krystle and I snuck out of the house. We walked down the street to the new townhouses and toured the model and another one for sale that was having an open house. Both are really, really nice! Vaulted living, dining room and kitchen. Three bedrooms. Ceramic tile instead of vinyl. Two car garage. Upgraded kitchen appliances. Aah, so nice. Krystle and I daydreamed about all the things we could do together if she lived nearby (taking walks, riding bikes, scrapbooking). I remarked that she could see my house from both of the townhouses we toured, but not to worry, that by the time they finish the development, there will be two rows of townhouses between us. We'd be within walking distance of each other but far enough apart that we would take different roads home and wouldn't be able to actually see each other. I think it would be absolutely, positively perfect. Time will tell where she and Pierce end up. In the mean time, it was fun daydreaming together!